Welt-strip.



OIC. DAVIS; WELT STRIP.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

jazz/9732307" 06w? dial/as APPLICATION FILED OCT 9 I914 Words, the formation of grooves or ribs along the outer marginal portion of the -welt strip does 'notcause channels through the inseam of the finished shoe,- the contact between the plain marginal portion a and 7 it might unduly Weaken the strip to continue the grooves c to the inner edge, for in that case the inner marginal portlonof the strip Would be grooved on both sides.

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I claim: 1. An article of manufacture consisting of a Welt strip composed of rubber, one side of said strip havingaplai'n upper-engaging marginal surface and ,a series of transversely extending molded grooves, the op- .posite'side of said strip having a longitudinally extending molded stitch-receiving 2. An article of manufacture consisting of a welt strip composed of rubber, and re-v inforcing means embedded therein, one longitudinal marginal portion of said strip having a plain upper-engaging surface on one side and a longitudinally extending molded stitch-receiving groove in the opposite side, said reinforcingmeans being arranged to' receive stitches sewn in said groove,.the body of said strip having a se- Copies of this patent may he obtained for ries of transversely extending molded grooves in said one slde.

3. An article of manufacture consisting of a Welt strip composed of rubber, and, re-

inforcing means embedded therein, one longitudinal marginal portion of said strip having a plainup-per-engaging surface on one side and a longitudinally extending molded stitch-receiving groove in the opposite side, the body of. said strip having a series of transversely extending molded grooves in said one side, said reinforcing means being arranged to receive the stitches sewn through said body portion.

4. An article of manufacture consisting inforcing means embedded therein, one side of said strip having a. longitudinally extending molded stitch-receiving groove in one marginal portion and a-plain sole-engaging surface on the opposite marginal portion, the opposite sid'eof said strip havof a'iveltstrip composed of rubber, and re- 1 ing a pla n upper-engaging surface on said one marginal portion and a series of trans versely extending molded grooves 111 said opposite marginal portion.

5. An article of manufacture consisting of a molded welt strip composed of rubber, and reinforcing means embedded therein, the upper-engaging side of said strip having a smooth molded inner marginal'portion and a corrugated molded outer marginal portion.

In testimony whereof I have affixed-my signature, in presence of two WltIlGSSGS.

OSCAR .0. Dav s.

Witnesses: I

DA ID PERKINS, V ERNEST W. STIDMAn.

five cents each, hy addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

